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The European Tour Games the World Rankings, Explains Why Rory Should Stay
For the first time ever, six Europeans are in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings. Yup, it's official - American golf is dead. Well, at least A- level American g...
LPGA, Euro Tours' Year End Races Loved - Why Not PGA Tour?
David Cannon/Getty Images While you and I were asleep, Lee Westwood fired 69 in the Dubai World Championship and took a two shot lead over Rory McIlroy at the midway point of the finale tournam...
Greg Norman's Earth Course Isn't Getting Good Reviews
Since it is apparently Green Is Universal week on the networks of NBC, that means environmental propaganda is shoved down people's throats for a week. Perhaps knowing NBC's plans was why the Eur...
Robert Allenby Skips Aussie Triple Crown, Leads in Dubai
Robert Allenby decided that he was going to skip the Australian Triple Crown. His stated reason was wear and tear from global gallvanting in recent weeks. His unstated reason was that...
Europe, Blame Jeev Milkha Singh for Rory McIlroy's Defection
At the Dubai World Championship, Rory McIlroy made it clear that a conversation (if you can call it that) with Jeev Milkha Singh gave him the gusto to take up his PGA Tour card in 2010...for a wh...
Dubai's Rise and Fall Closely Tied To Its Love for Golf
The presence of professional golf in the United Arab Emirates' most chic metropolis, Dubai, began in 1989 when the European Tour planted a flag in the middle of the desert. Mark James won that y...
Why Americans Don't Play Abroad in Droves, But Will Soon
As soon as it was announced that the HSBC Champions tournament would become a World Golf Championship, a lot of Americans that were suddenly eligible for the newly titled $7 million blockbuster groane...
Robert Allenby vs. Anthony Kim: How to REALLY Settle This
We all know about the hullabaloo following the Presidents Cup match between crybaby Robert Allenby and purported 20-something drunkard Anthony Kim. After a very staged apology press release...
Rory McIlroy: Well, I May Still Play in America After All
The saga of Rory McIlroy's 2010 season is still unfolding. Initially, the Daily Mail reported that McIlroy would be playing the PGA Tour in 2010 - at least four more events than this year - in a...
Angel Cabrera Had A Bad Day Yesterday
Angel Cabrera was going to play in this week's European Tour event so that he could qualify for the Dubai World Championship in November. He needed just this one more event in order to be a...
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